This bill enjoys unusual broad, bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress and among many western local elected officials for the benefits it would provide to renewable energy development, western communities, and conservation.

The Wilderness Society applauds the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) finalization today of Wind and Solar Leasing Rule. This rule represents the first effort by the federal government to comprehensively manage wind and solar energy on public lands.

Today the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Forest Service and Department of Energy published a study detailing how the West-wide Energy Corridors (WWEC) for transmission lines and pipelines are being used. The agency also announced a strategy for improving the WWEC through Regional Reviews.

In response to the Bureau of Land Management’s announcement today of the release of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the proposed Gateway South transmission line, a 400 mile-long, 500 kV project that would run from southern Wyoming to central Utah, The Wilderness Society